This American fighter said in a conversation with Daniel Cormier.
“If you left at the top, you would be known as the greatest fighter of all time, just like Khabib,” Weidman said. “If I had retired after I knocked out Anderson Silva, or before the fight with Luke Rockhold, my record would have been 14-0 – I would have retired and claimed the title of the greatest fighter of all time”
“Yeah, you and I both screwed up,” replied Cormier, who a few days earlier ranked the undefeated Russian fighter number four on a list of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts history.
34-year-old Khabib Nurmagomedov chalked up his 29th professional victory in October 2020, successfully unifying the interim and current UFC lightweight titles in a confrontation with American Justin Gaethje, after which he announced his retirement.